Well hello, snake-o.

Aquilegia rises

Snowdrops aren't native, but it's pretty nice to have something flowering here mid-March.

Today's random passage from Le Guin's interpretation of the Dao De Jing, presented without commentary for reflection:

Excerpt from Rosenberg's "Nonviolent Communication." Tldr, our society's focus on good and bad, innate sin, and punishment makes us more passive and more easily controlled by an authoritarian government. Read on to learn how to break out of that.

Everyone, please read this book.

As applicable today as it was then.

Resist and obstruct the actions, yes; but try to understand and relate to the people.

We live in a house made of each other.

From Rosenberg's introduction to his book "Nonviolent Communication":

Are you disappointed in the state of things around you, socially and/or politically? You're here on bluesky, so yes, you are.

Pleasr read Marshall Rosenberg's book "Nonviolent Communication."

If we know each other, I'll buy you a copy, just ask. Or I'm sure your library has it.

Just a cute little quiet place.

We shouldn't be ignorant to what is happening, but we shouldn't fall victim to the flood the zone approach.

Go volunteer in a forest preserve. Read a book. Attend community events.

If i know you, join my low-stress cute build java minecraft server.

If escapism let's you breathe, some is okay.

I've been in a state of panic and nausea for two weeks, which doesn't help anyone. Some of you are the same.

Finally I found an article that acknowledges how I feel AND helps me feel hope.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Okay, more boxelder than buckthorn, but still good.

It is a good day to destroy buckthorn.

(Buckthorn not pictured; I've just gone for a walk before the workday starts so far.)

How to engage with social media? Read everything and despair or try to create some piece of nondoom and feel guilty for being selfish?

First step is figuring out how to not collapse every time I open an app.

i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-c...

I don't need to be told my loved ones and I are valid; I need it proved that we're safe. But that's harder to do, innit?

New to the site, just testing out features. Hello world?

Here's a photo from a recent hike.